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Pontius ? (Pilate, Samnitus)

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Person:290294

Lineage	?
Sex	Male
Full name (at birth)	Pontius ?
Other last names	Pilate, Samnitus
Parents ♂ Titus ? (Pomponius Atticus, Pomponia) [?] b. between -112 and -109 d. between -35 and -32 ♀ Caecilia Pilea ? (Pileus) [?] b. about -75 d. -46

Events

birth: Fortingall, Perthshire, in Glen Lyon

marriage: ♀ Claudia Procula [?]

Notes

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Pilatus was the name given to a hat worn by the devotees of the Dioskouroi^{Ref needed !}. The Castorian cult was well established throughout the empire and persisted well into the 5th Century AD particularly among the Dacian and Sarmatian soldiers throughout the frontiers of the empire^{Ref needed !}. The name Pileatus was used as a cognomen by the descendants of Burebista of Dacia whose descendants are known to have been soldiers who were stationed in Judea, Britain, Spain, Gaul, and Germany^{Ref needed !}.

Pilate's date and place of birth are unknown. An 1899 article in the New York Times^{Ref needed !} references a Scottish legend that Pilate's father was an ambassador to the Caledonians and that he was born in Fortingall in Glen Lyon, Perthshire. The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article on Pilate said that Pontius suggested a Samnite origin—among the Pontii—and his cognomen Pileatus, if it derived from the pileus or cap of liberty, implied that he was either descended from, or had been himself a freedman.

It is also commonly believed^{Ref needed !} that the name 'Pontius' implies that he was descended from Gaius Pontius, the Samnite General.